skozlaw:hardinparamedic: Hey. You're just violating federal law when it comes to potentially infectious bodily fluids. It's all good.

What's a little Hepatitis C among friends, bro?

I'm having a hard time verifying that Hep-c can be transmitted via urine. A couple of sketchy sources say no flat-out (and, yes, I consider the Arkansas Department of Health sketchy... I consider everything from Arkansas sketchy) and most say "well.. technically, but". In fact.... I'm kind of having a hard time finding anything that's likely to be transmitted via urine. Especially absent the obvious infection vectors like cuts or putting your fingers in your mouth/eyes.

Not that I'm OK with this.... just.... not quite sure what the real risk is here. Pee, frankly, doesn't seem terribly risky if it just gets on your skin.

Crotchrocket Slim:skozlaw: hardinparamedic: Hey. You're just violating federal law when it comes to potentially infectious bodily fluids. It's all good.

What's a little Hepatitis C among friends, bro?

I'm having a hard time verifying that Hep-c can be transmitted via urine. A couple of sketchy sources say no flat-out (and, yes, I consider the Arkansas Department of Health sketchy... I consider everything from Arkansas sketchy) and most say "well.. technically, but". In fact.... I'm kind of having a hard time finding anything that's likely to be transmitted via urine. Especially absent the obvious infection vectors like cuts or putting your fingers in your mouth/eyes.

Not that I'm OK with this.... just.... not quite sure what the real risk is here. Pee, frankly, doesn't seem terribly risky if it just gets on your skin.

Because used toilets are known to be sterile enironments.

That means nothing unless you quantify the risk. You're constantly inhaling other people's shiat particles. Do you worry about that, too, just because it's technically a possible vector for infection?

I don't want to touch other people's pee either, but I'm not going to pretend I have some reason to believe it presents any risk beyond "ew, gross" without facts.

skozlaw:Not that I'm OK with this.... just.... not quite sure what the real risk is here. Pee, frankly, doesn't seem terribly risky if it just gets on your skin.

I was going to say leptospirosis but that can't be passed on through human urine. Toxoplasmosis can be.

Pee may be sterile but the body part it comes out of isn't. It's not just urine you're peeing out, bits of skin and secretions come along for the ride. There's a depressing number of sexually abused kids with STIs.

If there is absolutely nothing wrong with human urine or putting your hands in urinals.... then have all the teachers at the school demonstrate how safe and sound it is. Line them up and take their car keys and cell phones. Place the phones and keys in the urinals and swish them round good and hand them back to the teachers.

The article said the bathroom has no soap either. so they can drive home and clean things up there.

I think they may have a problem with doing that. It isn't sanitary.And they showed bad judgment having a kid put his hands in it too....especially with no soap to use after.

I'm having a hard time verifying that Hep-c can be transmitted via urine. A couple of sketchy sources say no flat-out (and, yes, I consider the Arkansas Department of Health sketchy... I consider everything from Arkansas sketchy) and most say "well.. technically, but". In fact.... I'm kind of having a hard time finding anything that's likely to be transmitted via urine. Especially absent the obvious infection vectors like cuts or putting your fingers in your mouth/eyes.

Not that I'm OK with this.... just.... not quite sure what the real risk is here. Pee, frankly, doesn't seem terribly risky if it just gets on your skin.

Because used toilets are known to be sterile enironments.

That means nothing unless you quantify the risk. You're constantly inhaling other people's shiat particles. Do you worry about that, too, just because it's technically a possible vector for infection?

I don't want to touch other people's pee either, but I'm not going to pretend I have some reason to believe it presents any risk beyond "ew, gross" without facts.

if_i_really_have_to:skozlaw: Not that I'm OK with this.... just.... not quite sure what the real risk is here. Pee, frankly, doesn't seem terribly risky if it just gets on your skin.

I was going to say leptospirosis but that can't be passed on through human urine. Toxoplasmosis can be.

Pee may be sterile but the body part it comes out of isn't. It's not just urine you're peeing out, bits of skin and secretions come along for the ride. There's a depressing number of sexually abused kids with STIs.

strangeluck:I'm unsure on the battery charge, but exposing a student, well, anyone, to bodily fluids without protection is a good way to get sued. Hopefully the kid doesn't contract anything. I'd at the minimum say they better fire the teacher.